This is a new program available from the Delaware Humanities Forum<\/p>\n
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This program examines the struggle to extend voting rights to most adult citizens in Delaware and the nation.\u00a0 Using archival photographs, newspapers, cartoons, letters and speeches the\u00a0 organizing, petitioning, picketing, leafleting, educating, and politicking that went on is presented in a lively way.\u00a0 The program picks up the story as debates swirl over whether voting rights should be extended to white males regardless of property ownership.\u00a0 From there it traces history through the extension of the vote to African-American men, takes note of the attempt to disenfranchise voters, and concludes with a closer look at the time when vocal suffragist pushed forward a movement to extend the right to women.\u00a0 Special attention is paid to the women\u2019s suffrage movement in Delaware<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a new program available from the Delaware Humanities Forum ———————— This program examines the struggle to extend voting rights to most adult citizens in Delaware and the nation.\u00a0 Using archival photographs, newspapers, cartoons, letters and speeches the\u00a0 organizing, petitioning, picketing, leafleting, educating, and politicking that went on is presented in a lively way.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delaware","category-programs"],"yoast_head":"\n